A spicy main dish, with a zesty and flavorful rice and tangy side salad: Cajun Salmon Rice with Tahini Salad recipe is a full meal perfect for dinner! This isn’t an ordinary baked salmon dish, this one will give you the perfect flaky salmon texture. It has just the right ratio of spice to zest! Paired with the poignant rice that packs a punch as well, you’ll be drooling over this satisfying dish. Be sure to make the tahini salad recipe I have included for the perfect combo of flavors in one meal!
A delectable dish that is easy to prepare for a dinner party. A big plus for this dish is that it can be adjusted easily to feed a large number of people. You can double or triple your batch of rice and prepare a few salmon filets. The tahini salad is also always easy to serve up in bigger batches. This meal is sure to please your guests, fill them up, and leave them begging to have the recipe! If you’re lucky, you’ll have some leftovers for the next day as well!
Benefits of this Meal
Watching your weight? Or are you just looking for healthier food options? Or are you simply searching for a lighter meal choice during the week? Whatever your reasons are, this meal is a great lighter healthier version of dinner that can also be meal-prepped for the week! You can swap out the rice for a side of quinoa if you’d like, or leave out the rice altogether and eat your salmon on a bed of the tahini salad!
Some of the benefits of
Salmon:
- very rich in Omega-3 fatty acids
- packed with protein
- loaded with B vitamins
- great source of potassium
- rich in selenium
- may reduce the risk of heart disease
- aids in weight loss
Tahini:
- full of healthy fats
- rich in antioxidants
- has antibacterial properties
- contains anti-inflammatory compounds
- offers liver and kidney protection
Serving Cajun Salmon Rice with Tahini Salad
There are plenty of ways you can serve the differing components of this dish. As I mentioned before, you can serve the salmon on or next to the salad and leave out the carbs altogether. You can make a dirty rice instead of the rice recipe I have. In fact, it’s not that much different. A dirty rice recipe has Cajun seasoning but includes ground beef and celery for adding flavor.
You can bake the salmon or barbecue it on a charcoal or gas grill. You can even cook it on an indoor electric grill as well. Just be sure to keep an eye on the salmon as it cooks so it doesn’t overcook.
For the tahini salad, you can swap out veggies that you don’t like for ones you do! Or keep the ones in my recipe and add more of your favorites like lettuce, or kale, or celery, or shredded carrots. Like it extra tangy? Pour some pomegranate molasses into the tahini mix or right over your salad!
Ingredients for Cajun Salmon Rice with Tahini Salad
Cajun Rice Recipe
- basmati rice
- water
- onion
- carrot; cubed
- Cajun spice
- salt
Cajun Salmon
- salmon filet
- lemon
- Cajun spice
- salt to taste
- cooking oil spray (avocado)
Tahini Salad
- mayo
- tahini
- lemon
- parsley; chopped
- salt
- tomato
- water
- green onion; chopped
Preparation
Cajun Rice
- Sauté 1 cubed onion, 1 cubed carrot with 2 tablespoons olive oil.
- Add 1 cup basmati rice, 2 cups water then add ½ tablespoon salt and 1 tablespoon Cajun spice and stir. Allow to come to a boil, then boil for 1 minute and cover the pot of rice and allow to simmer for 15 minutes.
- Rice should come out fluffy and infused with a delicious flavor!
Cajun Salmon
- Preheat oven to 450 F. Wash your salmon and pat dry with paper towel. Lay flat on an oil sprayed lined baking sheet.
- Spray the entire salmon with oil spray, then pour the lemon all over the salmon filet. Sprinkle the Cajun and then the salt all over the salmon. Close off the sides of the parchment paper over the salmon to lock in the lemon juice so the fish can absorb it all, for about 5 minutes.
- Bake for 15 minutes for a flaky juicy salmon ! Make sure to top it with my tahini salad recipe and ENJOY!
Tahini Salad
- Whisk together the lemon, water and tahini, then add the mayo and keep whisking until creamy. You can add another tablespoon of tahini to thicken the sauce. Then add the tomatoes, green onion, and parsley.
- Enjoy as a sauce on my “Cajun salmon” recipe or most fish/seafood dishes.
Other Enjoyable and Simple Recipes
- The Tastiest Philly Cheesesteak Sliders
- Durum Wheat Chicken Soup- Frikeh
- Easy Stuffed Cabbage (Malfoof)
- Quick Spicy Beef (Sujuk) Pizza
- Grilled Lime and Cilantro Shrimp
- Lemon Mint Garlic Chicken Stew
- Cilantro Chicken Egg Rolls
- Pasta and Beef in Yogurt Sauce
- Easy Grilled Chicken Sub Sandwich
- Honey Soy Glazed Salmon
Cajun Salmon Rice with Tahini Salad
Ingredients
Cajun Rice Recipe
- 1 cup basmati rice
- 2 cups water
- 1 yellow onion
- 1 carrot cubed
- 1 tablespoon Cajun spice
- ½ tablespoon salt
Cajun Salmon
- 1 whole salmon filet
- ½ cup lemon
- 2 tablespoons Cajun spice
- salt to taste
- Cooking oil spray (avocado)
Tahini Salad
- 3 tablespoons mayo
- ¼ cup tahini
- 1 lemon
- ⅓ bunch parsley chopped
- ½ tablespoon salt
- 1 tomato
- ¾ cup water
- 2 stalks green onion chopped
Instructions
Cajun Rice
- Sauté 1 cubed onion, 1 cubed carrot with 2 tablespoons olive oil.
- Add 1 cup basmati rice, 2 cups water then add ½ tablespoon salt and 1 tablespoon Cajun spice and stir. Allow to come to a boil, then boil for 1 minute and cover the pot of rice and allow to simmer for 15 minutes.
- Rice should come out fluffy and infused with a delicious flavor!
Cajun Salmon
- Preheat oven to 450 F. Wash your salmon and pat dry with paper towel. Lay flat on an oil sprayed lined baking sheet.
- Spray the entire salmon with oil spray, then pour the lemon all over the salmon filet. Sprinkle the Cajun and then the salt all over the salmon. Close off the sides of the parchment paper over the salmon to lock in the lemon juice so the fish can absorb it all, for about 5 minutes.
- Bake for 15 minutes for a flaky juicy salmon ! Make sure to top it with my tahini salad recipe and ENJOY!
Tahini Salad
- Whisk together the lemon, water and tahini, then add the mayo and keep whisking until creamy. You can add another tablespoon of tahini to thicken the sauce. Then add the tomatoes, green onion, and parsley.
- Enjoy as a sauce on my “Cajun salmon” recipe or most fish/seafood dishes.
Layan says
This Cajun Salmon Rice with Tahini Salad is amazingly delicious. I barbecued the salmon on charcoal which gave it a special taste! Definitely gonna make it again.
Kathy says
Wow! I would give recipe 10 stars if i could! Easy to prepare and packed with flavors. I wanna thank u for being so accurate in your recipes. They always come out perfect!